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The most schooled people in Africa
What funded founders have in common – and what it means for backing the next one
May 28
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Johan Fourie
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Champions, finally
An ode to Arsenal – and Arseblog
May 25
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Johan Fourie
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A picture is worth 34,000 numbers
On statistics, psychic numbing and three Fourie girls in the Anglo-Boer War
May 21
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Johan Fourie
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Running towards
How economics can help us understand even the bleakest of histories
May 18
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Johan Fourie
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Skills for economic historians
...and anyone else using Claude Code
May 14
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Johan Fourie
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An AI policy that empowers
South Africa's withdrawal of its AI draft policy is an opportunity. We should use it.
May 11
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Johan Fourie
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What we've built
South Africa's constitution at 30
May 7
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Johan Fourie
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Why didn't slavery wither away?
SEASON 2, EPISODE 12: Warren Whatley on Africa as Europe's mirror image, the gun-slave cycle, the manumission puzzle, and much, much more...
May 5
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Johan Fourie
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52:02
I err, therefore I am
Or why a bibliography is the cornerstone of science
May 4
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Johan Fourie
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April 2026
Workless
South Africa has Keynes's fifteen-hour work-week. For entirely the wrong reason.
Apr 30
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Johan Fourie
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History for builders
Economic history deserves to be part of the new South African History curriculum
Apr 27
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Johan Fourie
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What I told our HoDs about AI
On teaching, research, social impact and admin
Apr 23
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Johan Fourie
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